[rescue] pursuing a VAX

[Dave McGuire]

On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 03:53 PM, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
>> At least, they shouldn't.  I've heard Wintel-worshippers say
>> things like, "I've got a dual 1GHz Pentium III system, so it's
>> twice as fast as a 1GHZ Pentium III!" which isn't close to the
>> truth.  You can't correct them, either.
>
> I've also heard, I've got a dual 1 gig P3, which is just as fast as 
> your
> 2gig P4, in which case, they might be right for many applications.  P4s
> suck.  The P4 Xeons don't even seem all that fast.

   "Increase the clock rate at any cost".

      -Dave

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